In this exercise I'm going to show you how to install some custom…keyboard shortcuts that I include along with this series that go by the name dekekeys.…Now, I want to make something clear. Even though I've been including these…keyboard shortcuts for years, they're well tested, you don't have to install…them. It's not mandatory.…You can totally follow along with the series whether you install the shortcuts…or not, but I do recommend them, because they offer a quick access to some very…common useful features inside of Illustrator.…And here is the file. It's inside the exercise_files folder inside 00_setup and…it's called dekekeys AIcs5 1on1.kys.…

Now, you have to put it in a very specific location and here is what I'm going to do.…First I'm going to tell you what that location is, but I want you to wait,…because then I'm going to provide a trick for getting to that location that's…hopefully going to make things easier.…So here is the locations. They're included in this file right there dekekeys…

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1/28/2011

In Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Mastery, the third and final part of the comprehensive Illustrator One-on-One series, author and industry expert Deke McClelland shows how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS5. Deke explores Illustrator's powerful Gradient Mesh feature, great for creating photorealistic airbrushing effects. He also covers graphic styles, the liquify tools, envelope-style distortions, the new Bristle Brushes, 3D text, and perspective drawing. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Working with dynamic effects

Placing artwork as a Photoshop Smart Object

Creating and editing a Gradient Mesh

Distorting artwork with an Envelope Mesh

Using the Calligraphic, Art, and Scatter Brushes

Creating an intricate Pattern Brush

Importing and graphing data

Creating a complex pictograph

Drawing and editing a perspective shape

Working with the new Perspective Grid tool

Using the 3D Revolve effect

Creating 3D type with Extrude & Bevel

Recording and playing automated actions

Skill Level Advanced

13h 5m

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Q: The instructions for installing the dekeKeys don't work on my computer (which is running Mac OS X Lion). Is there an update to these?

A: The dekeKeys distributed with this course will still work for Lion. You just need to add them to a slightly different folder than in previous versions of OS X.

Open a new Finder window and choose Go > Go to Folder. Type the following file path exactly as written below. Copying and pasting may result in an error.

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/en_US

Move and/or copy/paste the dekeKeys to this folder and follow the rest of the instructions as outlined in the video, "Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts."